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Vespa

genus of insects
Taxon Taxon Q334422

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[5][6]
Different from
Hornet[9]
Parent taxon
Vespinae[3]
Taxon author citation
Linnaeus, 1758[10]
Taxon common name
geithamser, sršen[7][8]
Taxon name
Vespa[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Vespa en hornet ar جنس الزنبور ar دبابير ar دبور ar زنبور ar سرمان ar صقيع ar الدبابير ar الدبور ar الزنبور ar السرمان cs sršni cs sršeň cs sršně cs Vespa de Hornissenvolk de Vespa de Hornissen de Großwespen
🔖 Identifiers · 54
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2001000022
GND ID
4276914-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hornet (NH266) (29512474416).jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Vespa
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/6910
BNCF Thesaurus ID
5846
BOLD Systems taxon ID
191307
Belgian Species List ID
53676
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14536632x
Biota of New Zealand ID
e9a12fbb-1330-4ef4-b52b-b0194e011068
BugGuide taxon ID
7229
Canadian Encyclopedia article ID
hornet
Show all 54 identifiers +42
Catalogue of Life ID
CCC25
Dewey Decimal Classification
595.79
Dyntaxa ID
1006956
EPPO Code
1VESPG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
33038
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Vespa
Fandom article ID
ru.tiger:Шершень
Fauna Europaea ID
68337
Fauna Europaea New ID
23663672-2bf8-41e7-9c4c-5590c3dc7912
Fossilworks taxon ID
72080
Freebase ID
/m/01h4v9
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
1311334
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4942213
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
shershni-009da4
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
1158662338
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XE322
INaturalist taxon ID
54328
IRMNG ID
1023347
ITIS TSN
154272
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
913371
J9U entity ID
987007561466105171
Lex ID
Vespa
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2910794292
NALT ID
34333
NBIC scientific name ID
119277
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000876768
NCBI taxonomy ID
7443
NL CR AUT ID
ph582636
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
165032
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
ef774908-e52a-432f-aa82-0a9c65980421
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
631360
Open Tree of Life ID
573508
Plazi ID
61090905-5A1C-604A-38A9-AF1DFC30C5F1, AD7C879B-1C0E-FFAD-5CD8-FF2EFB59FDFF, 51438154-7E5C-FF9A-FCBD-11733AD1FB62, 51438154-7E5F-FF9B-FCBD-132C3E2AF866
Quora topic ID
Hornets-insects
Topic's main category
Category:Vespa by Common Names, Category:Vespa
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
455064
Wellcome Collection concept ID
vxfxkqhu
WikiKids ID
Hoornaars
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02215759-n
YSO ID
23347
Yale LUX ID
concept/8fb311c3-0698-4ec4-ba27-634735ecf7fb
ZooBank ID for name or act
5EAA22AE-F4DA-41A8-B241-54F5DAF24BE7

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 21
Vespa crabro, Vespa velutina, Asian giant hornet, Vespa orientalis, Vespa affinis, Greater banded hornet, Vespa basalis, Vespa bicolor +13 more
Different from 1
Hornet
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Vespinae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Vespa
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Vespa
← Different from 1
Hornet
← Main food source 1
Common Starling
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Summary

Vespa is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . itis.gov. itis.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: add badge sitelink to redirect to srwiki sitelink; see Sitelinks to redirects for details #msynbotTask10"
  2. 10w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (Insecta) of the World ID → 913371
    "Created claim: Insects (Insecta) of the World ID: 913371, batch #269824"
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